@jacksartori
I sterilized it with boiling water... You could do both, but I feel like filtering a brew is always exhausting I don't like it to much, you could always use a second barrel and a hoes, make sure to leave the sediment in the bottom of the first barrel, then use sulfites, to stop the fermentation and bentonite or something to clear it... But it would be an even more modern and a somewhat unorthodox way of getting crystal-clear mead... This recipe was very basic... Thanks for your comment.... =)

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